American Revolution Web Search (updated 9/19/07)

Name _____________________________        Date _________________
 

1. What was the population of the colonies in 1776?

2. In 1764, why did the British government decide to tax the colonists?

3. What was the phrase about taxes the colonists rallied behind?

4. Why did Native Americans join the French instead of the British during the French and Indian War?

5. Following the Boston Massacre, what punishment did the soldiers that were found guilty during their trial receive?

6. What was the Gaspee?

7. What happened to the Gaspee and why?

8. How did the British react to the Tea Party?

9. What was the “Unintended Result” of the Intolerable Acts?

10. What were the 3 objectives of the First Continental Congress?

11. We know Paul Revere rode to Lexington to warn the colonists about an attack. Who else rode that night?

12. Who did the Second Continental Congress elect as the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army?

13. On what date was the Declaration of Independence signed?

14. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

15. The preamble to the Declaration of Independence states that “All men are created ___________” and they have the God-given right to “____________, ________________, and the ___________ ___ ____________________.”

On a separate sheet of paper write a paragraph about the rights in preamble to the Declaration of Independence (question 15) and life in the United States in 2003.  Include specific examples of ways that show we have these rights today. 
Use a dictionary if you are not sure what some of the words mean.